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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Health Services Staff (26 May 2022)

Paul Murphy: 20. To ask the Minister for Health if he will work with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform to ensure that an organisation (details supplied) is granted pay parity with other laboratory colleagues that they have been seeking for 21 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26950/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Health Services Staff (26 May 2022)

Paul Murphy: My question relates to medical scientists, who were on strike last week, on Tuesday and today and who then called off the strike to enter into discussions with the Department of Health and the HSE. We debated this yesterday morning in the House with our motion. Does the Minister agree the expert group recommendations should be implemented and that these workers should get equal pay for...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Health Services Staff (26 May 2022)

Paul Murphy: As a general point, many of these workers were in the Public Gallery yesterday watching the debate, and the Government line, which is the usual Government line, suggested it has nothing to do with the issue. The Minister stated he wants to resolve the dispute without interference from the Government and so on, but that is as though the Government is not a party to the dispute. The...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Health Services Staff (26 May 2022)

Paul Murphy: The third question was whether the Minister accepts that if this is to be resolved, it will have to be resolved outside of the framework of Building Momentum. The strike was not just about pay equality, although that was the dominant issue, but also about a lack of people coming into the profession and a lack of clear career progression. There are very few roles beyond that of medical...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (26 May 2022)

Paul Murphy: I want to ask the Tánaiste about the proposal for so-called special education centres. He said earlier that there is a problem with the language around them. Will the Government take the passport express approach of just changing what it is called but keeping the substance? The problem is not just the language but the substance. Parents are rightly fearful this so-called interim...

Irish Apprenticeship System: Statements (26 May 2022)

Paul Murphy: A genuine apprenticeship programme should be a crucial part of our higher education system and we should be expanding apprenticeships to other sectors. As with other forms of education, we should also challenge the financial barriers that exist to someone taking up an apprenticeship. The then Labour Party and Fine Gael Government scandalously introduced apprenticeship fees in 2014. These...

Irish Apprenticeship System: Statements (26 May 2022)

Paul Murphy: We need to ban these kinds of unpaid, scam internships which are undermining real jobs. We need investment in real jobs and decent apprenticeship schemes with real qualifications for workers. We also see it in the food service industry. The multibillion euro company Aramark, according to the website, is looking for seven unpaid JobBridge interns to be so-called food service associates...

Irish Apprenticeship System: Statements (26 May 2022)

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Irish Apprenticeship System: Statements (26 May 2022)

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Irish Apprenticeship System: Statements (26 May 2022)

Paul Murphy: This company will have unpaid staff, subsidised by the State, working there and then will be paid by the State. Those workers will be responsible for preparing and serving food, and washing dishes and the company will not pay a single cent. Again, the workers will just get €3.43 per hour in a welfare top-up from the State. This is not just happening in our hospitals. I could name a...

Passport Services: Statements (26 May 2022)

Paul Murphy: It is very evident that we have a passport crisis in this country. Lots of people are ringing hundreds of times to no avail to try to get their passport applications processed in time for their travel arrangements. They are facing looming departure dates which is making the whole process extremely stressful for them. It is also very clear from this debate, as Deputy Ó Snodaigh said...

Passport Services: Statements (26 May 2022)

Paul Murphy: It is, however, a big feature of the discussion here. It is a basic function of democracy.

Passport Services: Statements (26 May 2022)

Paul Murphy: The basic point is to improve the service so people can get the service they are entitled to.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (26 May 2022)

Paul Murphy: I will raise the issue of the Government plan for special education centres as an emergency response to the shortage of appropriate school places reported in The Irish Timeslast night. It caused significant alarm to the organisations representing parents and children with special needs, and the parents who have been campaigning very hard to get their children the places in school they need,...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (26 May 2022)

Paul Murphy: Yes. The line is that the proposal is a temporary option for those who are waiting. It is a draft, etc. I get the message. Nonetheless, there is a proposal. AsIAm put a statement up on Facebook after the meeting saying that, like here, the Department had sought to assure it that no decision had been made and that the Department had listened to the concerns, but AsIAm makes the point that...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Air Quality (26 May 2022)

Paul Murphy: 71. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the recent call by an organisation (details supplied) for ventilation in hospitals to be examined to ensure the safety of nurses and midwives in their workplaces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26949/22]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (31 May 2022)

Paul Murphy: People cannot wait until then.

Transport, Accelerating Sustainable Mobility: Statements (31 May 2022)

Paul Murphy: The chaos that was seen at Dublin Airport is the consequence of DAA management choosing to slash staff numbers, wages and conditions, taking advantage of the pandemic to drive through a shock doctrine. We have been warning the Government about this for the past two years but the Minister for Transport was asleep at the wheel. Two years ago, when the DAA announced plans to sack hundreds of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Right to Request Remote Work Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (18 May 2022)

Paul Murphy: I thank Mr. Mulligan for his presentation. The concluding part of the opening statement refers to all the positives: the positive economic, spatial, environmental, cultural and societal change for our country, increased participation, attracting and retaining talent etc. There is also the report published by the Department this morning, which points to an average of €413 a year in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Right to Request Remote Work Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (18 May 2022)

Paul Murphy: The trade unions are also on board with the positive things here. When Mr. Mulligan talks about the balance in this, he is talking about business interests and business owners not being in favour of doing this. There is not much balance there. If you give the right of refusal to employers, you have not really given much of a right to workers. Workers can ask their employers for things...